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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2008

Denver Diaries: Arrival

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2008, 7:15 PM Aug 23, 2008

From Istanbul to Denver, the Clinton team puts on a happy face, National Guard keeping a low profile, and a comparison to 1996. All of these are related. Trust me on this.

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Joe Biden, the Democratic convention, and whatever you hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2008, 7:32 AM Aug 23, 2008
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So it’s Joe Biden, the guy who said ‘it’s not me. I’m not the guy ‘ earlier in the week. What do you think?

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Religion, politics, and the party base

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2008, 11:04 AM Aug 22, 2008
11

As we head into both national conventions, we’ll hear more about the candidates catering to their base. One question worth asking: Is there room in the party for anyone but the base?

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The Walldogs

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2008, 8:43 AM Aug 22, 2008

MPR’s Tom Weber has — perhaps unwittingly, perhaps not — reignited my fire to reintroduce an idea I had for News Cut when we started it last winter: the two-minute tale.

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Surveys and trivia

An ill wind blows no good

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2008, 7:47 AM Aug 22, 2008
1

A windsurfer is taken for a ride by Tropical Storm Fay.

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Who’s watching ‘the kids?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2008, 7:25 AM Aug 22, 2008
5

How safe are Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, now that the country seems to be under assault by the Taliban?

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Melody’s Olympics – Living in Beijing

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 6:25 PM Aug 21, 2008
2

Many people have shared with MPR News their stories of feeling left behind, of the middle class no longer being financially stable.

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Free wireless during the RNC? Maybe.

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 6:18 PM Aug 21, 2008
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Minneapolis will announce free wireless service, but only on one day.

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Unity will need to be more than a word in Denver

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 5:03 PM Aug 21, 2008

Officials and delegates are saying they’ll have unity between Obama and Clinton forces, but it’ll take more than that.

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Surveys and trivia

Campus sustainability

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 2:49 PM Aug 21, 2008

An environmental survey gives high marks to some Minnesota colleges.

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Surveys and trivia

The world by scooter

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 12:32 PM Aug 21, 2008
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Two guys are going to spend time riding a scooter from Minnesota to New York City– and back again.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Time to lower the drinking age?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 4:36 AM Aug 21, 2008
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I’ll be live blogging this morning’s first hour of Midmorning (9 a.m.), which will discuss the suggestion by a group of college presidents to lower the drinking age.

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The first transit tax test

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2008, 5:01 PM Aug 20, 2008
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At least one county ended up with nothing, when it came time to decide how to spend the increase in sales tax.

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Who’s watching you?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2008, 3:34 PM Aug 20, 2008
5

I don’t know who’s at the other end of the camera that just went up in downtown St. Paul at the corner of Seventh and Cedar… But I wonder if they got nervous when someone walked up to it and took its picture, and I wonder why they’d be nervous — or at least concerned Read more →

Live-blogging Midday: The RNC and you

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2008, 11:14 AM Aug 20, 2008
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How will the Republican National Convention affect you? The mayors the Twin Cities have the answers.

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